digression
noun
di·gres·sion
dī-ˈgre-shən
də-
1
: the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
Every place Hamilton, his parents, or his wife visited over a century's time is described at length; everyone he met merits at least a minor biographical digression.—Willard Sterne Randall
2
archaic
: a going aside
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